Airstrike

A war story can be told many times over and still hold its value. A true war story shows the entire picture with all components no matter how obcene they might be. A true war story never fails to tell the truth about the hell that is war. When defining truth one must first differentiate between happening truth and reality. Happening truth is the actions that actually took place at a certain time. Reality is the general truth that encompasses all. Truth is a fact about reality that allows us to…

Westmoreland’s Request “Vietnam divided America more deeply and painfully than any event since the Civil War.” (Readings 9, To Avoid a Defeat, 231). The steady stream of American casualties suffered at the hands of the NVA made a difficult situation intolerable as American support for the war diminished with each soldier laid to rest. President Lyndon B. Johnson made a dire mistake in approving General Westmoreland’s request on to put combat boots on the ground in Vietnam, as the threat to…

For example, an airstrike to terminate terrorist regimes cannot be justified if innocent civilians are harmed as well. The citizens of Aleppo are left defenseless in the recent bombings during the fifth year of Syrian civil war. The rapid, destructive are strikes that kill…

During World War II, the world saw the first glimpse of the use of drones in a war. General Henry Arnold, a leader in what was then the U.S. Army Air Forces, established an innovative way to attack largely stimulated German positions. He used remote technology to control old bomb planes that his troops loaded with explosives. General Arnold’s prediction in 1945 was that “the next war may be fought with no men in them at all.” Almost seventy years later, his prediction is being recognized by many…

The Al Mulathaman Battalion (AMB), also known as Those Who Sign in Blood Brigade and is a child of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). The AMB is considered by the U.S. State Department as “the greatest near-term threat to U.S. and Western interests in the Sahel.” (United States Department of State, 2016) Mokhtar Belmokhtar, an AQIM cell leader, claimed to take the best fighters from AQIM to create an organization to continue the fight against western interests, spread jihad and establish…

Introduction Darfur is the western region of Sudan that consists of seven and a half million people enclosed in 439,180 kilometers squared. Before the year 2003, many locals within the Western region (informally known as Dartunjur for decades) felt neglected by the political party of Sudan residing in the capital; Khartoum. Due to years of political instability between the western region and eastern region of Sudan, in the year 2003, western Sudan became a separate region all together currently…

family. Liesel soon befriends Hans Hubermann, her foster father, who would soon introduce to her the hidden world of reading and knowledge, as well as the cruelties and the struggles the family will face as they have to face constant danger from airstrikes as well as the Nazis while keeping a big secret: they are hiding a…

A majority of the public though, continued to side with the democrats, believing that although he most definitely lied about his oath, they felt as if the lies did not matter as much because the situation did not directly affect the Nation’s well being. But how can serious lies and meaningless lies exist? Shouldn’t a lie just be a lie? Those questions were the center of the Republican’s argument. Clinton had lied under oath plain and simple and that was an impeachable offense no matter what the…

doesn’t mean we can shirk the ones that don’t emerge.” (Opposing Viewpoints in Context) Should the United States keep their troops at bay? No, the military's top officer General Martin Dempsey stated, he insisted on the using of ground troops to guide airstrikes, and was rejected. Dempsey told media that he would “recommend putting U.S troops on the ground in Iraq to advise Iraqi security forces” and military in their war against ISIL.(Opposing Viewpoints in Context) The recommendation was soon…

Conscription should not be brought back to Australia. Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of citizens for state service, typically into the armed forces. Conscription is an imposition on basic freedoms, it is not suited for modern militaries and in some cases causes severe psychological trauma to those involved. Thus conscription should not be brought back to Australia under any circumstances. Conscription should not be brought back to Australia, as it is an imposition on basic freedoms…